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The Conversation President Obama has urged states to cut back on too much testing. In a Facebook video message October 24, the president urged states to devote no more than 2% of classroom time to testing. The pressures of testing, he said, were taking the joy out of teaching and learning. For a long time

The Conversation The United Nations, through its Framework Convention on Climate Change (the UNFCCC), has launched a carbon offsets initiative called Climate Neutral Now. The website says that to keep our communities healthy and safe we need a climate neutral world, which requires action from all of us. The UNFCCC argues elsewhere on the site

This may seem hard to believe, but the world is currently suffering from a shortage of sperm. Britain has been short for more than a year now; as of September, its only had nine registered donors this year. But there may be one company that can bring the world out of its shortage, and help those

Travis Gettys Federal authorities are investigating whether the owners of Hobby Lobby illegally imported stolen artifacts for their planned Museum of the Bible. U.S. Customs agents seized up to 300 small clay tablets shipped from Israel in 2011 to the Christian business owners headquarters in Oklahoma City, reported The Daily Beast. A senior law enforcement

Free Thought Project In an effort to be the change he wishes to see in the world, comedian Jon Stewart, after stepping down as host of The Daily Show, has started a sanctuary for abused factory farm animals called Bufflehead Farm. Bufflehead Farm, located in Middletown, New Jersey, is a 12-acre non-profit animal rescue sanctuary

Tony Ortega, Van Winkle’s L. Ron Hubbards immensely powerful, immensely secretive religion is powered by a workforce of sleep-deprived ministers. And thats not the worst of it. n December 7, a trial is scheduled to begin in Los Angeles that has been wending its way to a jury for more than six years. The plaintiff,

Agence France-Presse US archaeologists in Greece have uncovered the skeleton of an ancient warrior that has lain undisturbed for more than 3,500 years along with a huge hoard of treasure, the Greek culture ministry announced Monday. The treasure is the most important to have been discovered in 65 years in continental Greece, the ministry said.

Travis Gettys A Washington state man was convicted Monday of failure to comply with police orders during an armed protest earlier this year outside a federal courthouse. Anthony Bosworth, a member of the III Percent militia group and an unsuccessful candidate for Yakima County sheriff, carried an AK-47 and 9mm handgun Feb. 25 onto the

Travis Gettys An Indiana woman is accused of viciously beating a meter reader who used pepper spray on her dogs. April Miller-Johnson, a veteran meter reader for Vectren Corp., said she had just finished examining a utility meter outside an Evansville home when the homeowner let two dogs outside, reported the Evansville Courier & Press.

David Ferguson Prosecutors in Adams County, Colorado have said they will not press charges against a 25-year-old sheriffs deputy who was arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting a woman. According to the Denver Post, prosecutors said that the Sheriffs Departments investigative team assigned to former deputy Brandon Donahues case failed to follow proper procedure. The

Reuters The Rev. Al Sharpton said on Tuesday that he would not deliver the eulogy for slain New York City Police Officer Randolph Holder because he feared police union leaders would use his presence to turn the funeral into some kind of confrontation. The decision by the civil rights activist and long-time critic of the

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders matched his rhetoric about wealth inequality with action Monday when he joined a group of about 200 Verizon workers rallying in New York City. The picket, which was organized by the Communication Workers of America union and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, came as part of a months-long contract battle